Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Hey you!

It’s a sexy chicken look! All the other girl chickens are envious!

Giving a poor chicken a Mohawk?

 

[r0bz]

That’s just because it’s something new - don’t let them rule you! Be gentle but firm. And soon you will have chickens that just won’t leave you alone!!!

No Sophia you cannot have any chocolate chip cookies!!!
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Ok … but shhhhhh don’t let anyone else know!
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Busted! Here comes Henny Penny! The second in command here!
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too bad i cant stand in their coop (it is not tall enough for a human to stand at)
also if they are free roaming outside good luck catching them hhahaha
also if i catch 1 they all start to do the chickhen alarm

thats the annoying part i cant pick them up because i cant stand in the coop and if they are free roaming u cant catch them hahahah

 

[Marie2020]

…. And if you ignore them they just fly up onto the desk and try to steal my food!

Sophia!
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Please ignore my messy desk I really should clean it up haha but the chickies and ponies take up all my time!

That's the same excuse I make and I'm sticking to it because it is the truth

 

[Marie2020]

Giving a poor chicken a Mohawk?

You would look great in a mohawk for church

 

[Marie2020]

Guard dogs afraid of a chicken or was it a dinosaur

 

[RoyalChick]

I have this is some of my Roosters and heavier hens, especially when it is hot out. Mr Maran and Dean both have combs that turn blue under even slight stress, and I’ve also seen it in my meat girls, and a few of my older heavier laying hens. It comes and goes, and I usually take it a a sign that something is stressing their system, usually heat, casing down an idiot cockerel, or a reluctant hen etc.

Maggie has two patches on her comb that go blue particularly when it is very hot or very cold. I first noticed them the summer after she got frost bite in her comb (before the Chicken Palace was built with all its lovely ventilation!).
I have always assumed that these patches were impacted by the frost bite but too mildly for me to notice at the time and give her trouble but which nonetheless damaged the tissue. I believe in people chilblains show the same characteristic of coming back as sore toes in extreme temperatures.

 

[RoyalChick]

Haircut

Gucci's trim is really only 1/2 done. Mrs BY Bob was not aggressive enough trimming so we changed spots. I got her right side done pretty well but Gucci was fussing during the left side and let out a screech. Well that was that.

"Stop it your hurting her" was Mrs BY Bob's response to the screech and I was no longer allowed near her.

It has been not quite 2 weeks since her last trim. Amazing how fast the feathers grew back. Gucci is 0.678 kg (~1.5 lbs) and has gained 0.1 kg (~0.2 lbs) during that time. She feels much bigger when you hold her than she has in the past. She is about 1/2 the size of Phyllis and Betty.

Mrs BY Bob with her baby.
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Oh dear - the fact that we need a sign post to identify where her eyes are suggests to me you haven't gone far enough.
Maybe pigtails really are worth trying?

 

[RoyalChick]

…. And if you ignore them they just fly up onto the desk and try to steal my food!

Sophia!
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Please ignore my messy desk I really should clean it up haha but the chickies and ponies take up all my time!

One of my cats diligently clears by desk for me. First he lays one way and swipes with his tail. Then he turns around and repeats the process.
Anything remaining after that he can swat off.
Once everything is on the floor he feels his job is done and goes elsewhere for a nap.

 

[BY Bob]

Today's Hattie Video

Is a musical number. From 4 years ago today.

 

[RoyalChick]

Oh dear - the fact that we need a sign post to identify where her eyes are suggests to me you haven't gone far enough.
Maybe pigtails really are worth trying?

SHRA tax